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    Kenmore snaps up EUR 70.19 mln worth of industrial properties

    2006-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Real estate investment company Kenmore Euro Industrial Fund has announced the acquisition of seven industrial and warehouse buildings in Germany, France, Sweden and Norway for a total of EUR 70.19 mln (£47.2 mln). The transaction, which generated a combined yield of 8%, was the first by fund since it raised ...

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    Spanish firms seek rich pickings in the east

    2006-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Cash-rich Spanish real estate developers are looking to take the lead in house building in central and Eastern Europe, partly as insurance against the possible slowing of the impressive growth in the home market.

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    Hypo RE reports 25% increase in pre-tax profits

    2006-11-09T00:00:00Z

    The German commercial property lender Hypo Real Estate Group has reported a 25% increase in pre-tax profits. In figures released Wednesday, pre-tax profits for the first three quarters of 2006 were EUR 410 mln, an increase of around 25% over the same period in 2005, where pre-tax profits totalled EUR ...

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    ING Real Estate pre-tax profits up 77%

    2006-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Netherlands-based ING Real Estate has reported pre-tax profits of EUR 154 mln in the third quarter of 2006, a rise of 77% over the same period in 2005.

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    WCM files for insolvency over loan crisis

    2006-11-09T00:00:00Z

    German real estate company WCM Beteiligungs- und Grundbesitz has filed for insolvency after HSH Nordbank terminated a €200 mln loan agreement.

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    Commerz Grundbesitz signs French development deal

    2006-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Germany-based Commerz Grundbesitz-Spezialfondsgesellschaft (CGS), a subsidiary of Commerz Grundbesitz Group (CGG), has signed the deed for the logistics property Toussieu 2 in Lyon, France, the company announced Thursday.

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    Kungsleden acquires portfolio for EUR 187 mln

    2006-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Swedish property company Kungsleden is acquiring a portfolio of Swedish properties worth SEK 1.7 bn (EUR 187 mln), the company announced Thursday. The portfolio consists of 24 properties and six site leaseholds with a total lettable area of around 190,000 m[sup]2[/sup]. The rental value is around SEK 172 mln (EUR ...

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    LaSalle launches new German commercial property fund

    2006-11-09T00:00:00Z

    LaSalle Investment Management has launched a new fund called German Income & Growth Venture which is to invest in German commercial property. The total investment volume will be around EUR 1 bn. The fund already has EUR 250 mln capital from institutional investors from North America and Europe. The fund ...

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    L&G paysz £90 mln for LaSalle offices

    2006-11-09T00:00:00Z

    Legal & General is to acquire 99 Gresham Street in the City of London for more than £90 mln from LaSalle Investment Management, Property Week reported. The 8,911 m[sup]2[/sup] six-storey building is diagonally opposite the Bank of England. The price reflects a net initial yield of around 4.3%. LaSalle acquired ...

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    HSH N Real Estate sells Dresden apartment portfolio

    2006-11-09T00:00:00Z

    HSH N Real Estate has sold a portfolio of apartments in the eastern German city of Dresden to a joint venture between Morgan Stanley Real Estate Funds (MSREF) and Arsago Real Estate for EUR 71.2 mln. The portfolio comprises a total of 1,887 residential units with a total lettable area ...

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    Meeting Point leads charge for European REIT

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Real estate and financial professionals held a special meeting at the Barcelona Meeting Point real estate symposium on Wednesday to push for the introduction of European-wide real estate investment trusts (REITs).

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    Vectrane announces resort acquisition

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    French property company Vectrane has announced the acquisition of Club Mediterranee's Deux Alpes village resort for EUR 23.08 mln, excluding transfer taxes.

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    Sharp rise in German retail investment in 2006

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Investment in German retail properties has sharply increased in 2006, according to a new report by consultancy firm Atisreal Deutschland. Around EUR 18 bn was invested in commercial real estate in German in the first half of 2006, with around EUR 10.3 bn of that going into retail properties, reveals ...

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    US Treuhand to offer new American blind pool fund

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    German-based investment company US Treuhand is to launch its new fund UST XVII Preferred Equity within the next few weeks, the company has announced. The new fund will give German investors the opportunity to invest in property in the US in cooperation with the American developer Hillwood. The fund is ...

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    Wereldhave profits rise by 15%

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Dutch-based property group Wereldhave has reported an increase of more than 15 percent in its net profit during the first nine months of 2006. The profit for the first three quarters of the year, consisting of direct and indirect result, increased to EUR 185.4 mln in 2006, the company reported ...

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    ING Real Estate acquires EUR 187 mln portfolio

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    ING UK Real Estate has agreed to acquire a £125.5 mln (EUR 187 mln) property portfolio from US fund Nivian Unit Trustees. The tranaction includes three offices, three retail properties, a distribution warehouse and a multi-let industrial estate in Bracknell, Bristol and Carlisle, Property Week reported. The purchase price reflects ...

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    Morgan Stanley reveals 'secrets' of mega deals

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Insider details of how Morgan Stanley engineered two of its biggest commercial property deals of recent times were revealed at the 10th Barcelona Meeting Point real estate symposium. John Carrafiell, boss of Morgan Stanley Real Estate, gave the details while discussing the 'art of the deal' during a lunch meeting ...

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    BlackRock launches European Property Fund of Funds

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    BlackRock's real estate team has launched the Merrill Lynch (ML) European Property Fund of Funds, which will invest in unlisted and diversified property vehicles across Europe.

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    UK firm to fund Russian logistics warehouse

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Raven Russia, the only UK-listed property company focused entirely on investment in industrial property in Russia, is to forward-fund the development of a 222,965 m[sup]2[/sup] logistics warehouse in southern Russia, Property Week reported. Raven is to invest £87 mln (EUR 129 mln) to develop the first of 14 logistics ...

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    Fadesa enters Bulgarian market with EUR 23 mln development

    2006-11-08T00:00:00Z

    Spanish property developer Fadesa has entered the Bulgarian market with its purchase of land in the centre of the capital Sofia, the company has announced. Fadesa will be investing EUR 23 mln in its first project in Bulgaria. The development, which is aimed at the mid-high target market, will be ...